Zephaniah 3:6
mI have cut off the nations: their 4towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.
I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.
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Isaiah 37:36 Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
1 Corinthians 10:6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
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Or, corners.
of old the Canaanites, lately the ten tribes, later yet the Assyrians and others, have been cut off for their sins.
either metaphorically, magistrates and great men, as Zep 1:16; or literally, strong towers built on the angles of walls or palaces.
razed and demolished. I made their streets waste; I overthrew their houses, that there were no streets.
or none walked through them. Their cities, small or great, capital or not capital, are destroyed; taken, plundered, burnt, and ruined.
all fled, or slain, or starved, or swept away with pestilence, or carried into captivity, not an inhabitant left in the places.